"Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) ""Que Será, Será (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)"", first published in 1956, is a popular song written by the songwriting team of Jay Livingston and Ray Evans. The song was introduced in the Alfred Hitchcock film ""The Man Who Knew Too Much"" (1956), starring Doris Day and James Stewart in the lead roles. Day's recording of the song for Columbia Records (catalog number 40704) made it to number two on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and number one in the UK Singles Chart. From 1968 to 1973, it was the theme song for"
"points in the film, she sings the Livingston and Evans song ""Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)"", which won the 1956 Best Song Oscar under the alternate title ""Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)"". The song reached number two on the US pop charts and number one in the UK. Herrmann was given the option of composing a new cantata to be performed during the film's climax. However, he found Arthur Benjamin's cantata ""Storm Clouds"" from the original 1934 film to be so well suited to the film that he declined, although he did expand the"
"by a professional."" The film won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for ""Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)"", sung by Doris Day. It premiered at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival on April 29. An American family – Dr. Benjamin ""Ben"" McKenna, his wife, popular singer Josephine “Jo” Conway McKenna, and their son Henry ""Hank"" McKenna – are vacationing in Morocco. Traveling from Casablanca to Marrakesh, they meet Frenchman Louis Bernard. He seems friendly, but Jo is suspicious of his many questions and evasive answers. Bernard offers to take the McKennas to dinner, but cancels when a"
"film ""Hitchcock"". Vera Miles Vera June Miles (née Ralston, born August 23, 1929) is a retired American actress who worked closely with Alfred Hitchcock, most notably as Lila Crane in the classic 1960 film ""Psycho"", reprising the role in the 1983 sequel ""Psycho II"". Other films in which she appeared include ""Tarzan's Hidden Jungle"" (1955), ""The Searchers"" (1956), Alfred Hitchcock's ""The Wrong Man"" (also 1956), ""The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"" (1962), ""Follow Me, Boys!"" (1966), ""Sergeant Ryker"" (1968) and ""Molly and Lawless John"" (1972). Vera June Ralston was born in Boise City, Oklahoma, to Thomas and Bernice (née Wyrick)"
"first big break came after auditioning for comedians Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson in 1939. Their song ""G'Bye Now"" made it into Olsen and Johnson's Broadway revue ""Hellzapoppin""'. In 1946 Livingston and Evans signed a contract with Paramount Studios in Hollywood. Livingston and Evans, both members of ASCAP, won three Academy Awards, in 1948 for the song ""Buttons and Bows"", written for the movie ""The Paleface""; in 1950 for the song ""Mona Lisa"", written for the movie ""Captain Carey, U.S.A.""; and in 1956 for the song ""Que Sera Sera"", featured in the Alfred Hitchcock movie ""The Man Who Knew Too"
"Sepia Cinderella Sepia Cinderella is a 1947 American musical race film directed by Arthur H. Leonard. The film is notable for musical numbers by vocalists Billy Daniels and Sheila Guyse, and for a brief guest appearance by former child star Freddie Bartholomew, who is onscreen as himself for five minutes, telling gags to recharge his post-war career. It also marks the big screen debut of Sidney Poitier, as an uncredited night club extra. The musical follows a young woman, Barbara (played by Guyse), in love with a good and kind bandleader, Bob (portrayed by Daniels), who seems oblivious to her"
"Vera Miles Vera June Miles (née Ralston, born August 23, 1929) is a retired American actress who worked closely with Alfred Hitchcock, most notably as Lila Crane in the classic 1960 film ""Psycho"", reprising the role in the 1983 sequel ""Psycho II"". Other films in which she appeared include ""Tarzan's Hidden Jungle"" (1955), ""The Searchers"" (1956), Alfred Hitchcock's ""The Wrong Man"" (also 1956), ""The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"" (1962), ""Follow Me, Boys!"" (1966), ""Sergeant Ryker"" (1968) and ""Molly and Lawless John"" (1972). Vera June Ralston was born in Boise City, Oklahoma, to Thomas and Bernice (née Wyrick) Ralston. She"
"The Wrong Man The Wrong Man is a 1956 American docudrama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Henry Fonda and Vera Miles. The film was drawn from the true story of an innocent man charged with a crime, as described in the book ""The True Story of Christopher Emmanuel Balestrero"" by Maxwell Anderson and in the magazine article ""A Case of Identity"" (""Life"" magazine, June 29, 1953) by Herbert Brean. It is one of the few Hitchcock films based on a true story and whose plot closely follows the real-life events. ""The Wrong Man"" had a notable effect on"
"Day sings a shortened version of ""Soft as the Starlight"" (written by Joe Lubin and Jerome Howard), which she previously sang in its entirety on the 1957 album ""Day by Night"". The song ""The Glass Bottom Boat"" is a rearrangement of ""Soft as the Starlight"" with completely different lyrics and is heard twice in the film: over the opening credits, sung by Day, and again as source music sung by Day, Taylor, Godfrey and Fraser. Day also sings a single verse from her signature song, ""Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)"" (written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans)."
"for Livingston and Evans, who previously won in 1948 and 1950. In 2004 it finished at #48 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema. The title sequence of the Hitchcock film gives the song title as ""Whatever Will Be"". It was a #1 hit in Australia for pop singer Normie Rowe in September 1965. The popularity of the song has led to curiosity about the origins of the saying and the identity of its language. Both the Spanish-like spelling used by Livingston and Evans and an Italian-like form (""che sarà sarà"") are first documented in"
"War and Peace (1956 film) War and Peace () is a 1956 American-Italian war drama film directed by King Vidor and written by Vidor, Bridget Boland, Mario Camerini, Ennio De Concini, Gian Gaspare Napolitano, Ivo Perilli, Mario Soldati, and Robert Westerby based on Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel of the same name. The film, released by Paramount Pictures, was produced by Dino De Laurentiis and Carlo Ponti with a music score by Nino Rota and cinematography by Jack Cardiff. The film stars Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, and Mel Ferrer, along with Vittorio Gassman, Herbert Lom, John Mills and Anita Ekberg, in"
"loss of $695,000. Serenade (1956 film) Serenade is a 1956 film directed by Anthony Mann and starring tenor Mario Lanza, Joan Fontaine, Sara Montiel (billed as Sarita Montiel), and Vincent Price. Based on the 1937 novel ""Serenade"" by James M. Cain, the film was a Warner Bros. release, Lanza's fifth film, and his first on-screen appearance in four years. ""Serenade"" tells the story of poor vineyard worker Damon Vincenti (Mario Lanza), who becomes an operatic tenor, and is involved with two women — one a high society hostess, Kendall Hale (Joan Fontaine), the other a Mexican bullfighter's daughter, Juana Montes"
"to Baker Street"" with Van Johnson. Also in 1956, Miles starred as Rose Balestero, the fragile wife of Manny Balestero, a musician falsely accused of a crime played by Henry Fonda, in the film ""The Wrong Man"". The movie was directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and is one of only a few Hitchcock films based on real-life events. Signing a five-year personal contract with Hitchcock in 1957, Miles was widely publicized as the director's potential successor to Grace Kelly. (Two years prior, Hitchcock had directed Miles in the role of Ralph Meeker's emotionally troubled new bride in ""Revenge"", the pilot episode"
"Dial M for Murder Dial M for Murder is a 1954 American crime mystery film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings and John Williams. Both the screenplay and the successful stage play on which it was based were written by English playwright Frederick Knott. The play premiered in 1952 on BBC Television, before being performed on stage in the same year in London's West End in June, and then New York's Broadway in October. Originally intended to be shown in dual-strip polarized 3-D, the film played in most theatres in ordinary 2-D due to the"
"Melcher had committed her to a television series, which became ""The Doris Day Show"". Day hated the idea of performing on television, but felt obliged to it. The first episode of ""The Doris Day Show"" aired on September 24, 1968, and, from 1968 to 1973, employed ""Que Sera, Sera"" as its theme song. Day persevered (she needed the work to help pay off her debts), but only after CBS ceded creative control to her and her son. The successful show enjoyed a five-year run, and functioned as a curtain raiser for the popular ""Carol Burnett Show"". It is remembered today"
"Doris Day filmography The filmography of American actress Doris Day consists of 39 feature films released between 1948 and 1968. She began her career as a band singer and eventually won the female lead in a Warner Bros. film ""Romance on the High Seas"" (1948) replacing Betty Hutton. She went on to star in several minor musicals for Warners, including ""Tea for Two"" (1950), ""Lullaby of Broadway"" (1951), ""April in Paris"" (1952), ""By the Light of the Silvery Moon"" (1953), and a hit musical, ""Calamity Jane"", which gave her an Academy Award-winning song, ""Secret Love"" (1953). She ended her contract"
"of dozens entered, and the winner will sing with him and have her prince. Bob rightly picks Barbara's shoe, and the show goes out on yet another great musical number. ""Sepia Cinderella"" was released on Region 0 DVD by Alpha Video, as part of a double feature with ""Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A."", on July 31, 2007. Sepia Cinderella Sepia Cinderella is a 1947 American musical race film directed by Arthur H. Leonard. The film is notable for musical numbers by vocalists Billy Daniels and Sheila Guyse, and for a brief guest appearance by former child star Freddie Bartholomew, who"
"Do You Like Hitchcock? Do You Like Hitchcock? (orig. Ti piace Hitchcock?) is a 2005 made-for-TV giallo film directed by Dario Argento. The film is a homage to the acclaimed thriller film director Alfred Hitchcock. In 1991 Giulio, a young boy bicycling in the woods, spots a woman darting between the trees. He follows her as she is joined by another woman and enters an old stone house. As he peers through the window, he witnesses the women wildly slaughtering a rooster. They spot the boy and chase after him, yelling ""You'll be sorry! I'll kill you! You'll never get"
"excavation group finds the skeletons of Quasimodo and Esmeralda intertwined in an embrace. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956 film) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (in French Notre-Dame de Paris) is a 1956 French-Italian film version of Victor Hugo's 1831 novel, directed by Jean Delannoy and produced by Raymond Hakim and Robert Hakim. It stars US actor Anthony Quinn and Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida. The film is the first version of the novel to be made in color. In the tradition of many sword and sandal spectacles, Quinn and Lollobrigida are the only two actors in the film who actually"
"a period that included ""Vertigo"", ""North by Northwest"", and ""Psycho"". He also was credited as sound consultant on ""The Birds"" (1963), as there was no actual music in the film as such, only electronically made bird sounds. The film score for the remake of ""The Man Who Knew Too Much"" (1956) was composed by Herrmann, but two of the most significant pieces of music in the film — the song, ""Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)"", and the ""Storm Clouds Cantata"" played in the Royal Albert Hall — are not by Herrmann (although he did re-orchestrate the cantata"
"and became a big hit for her. They play a couple whose son is kidnapped to prevent them from interfering with an assassination. As in the 1934 film, the climax takes place at the Royal Albert Hall, London. ""The Wrong Man"" (1957), Hitchcock's final film for Warner Bros., is a low-key black-and-white production based on a real-life case of mistaken identity reported in ""Life"" magazine in 1953. This was the only film of Hitchcock to star Henry Fonda, playing a Stork Club musician mistaken for a liquor store thief, who is arrested and tried for robbery while his wife (Vera"
"Sierra (film) Sierra is a 1950 American Technicolor Western film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Wanda Hendrix, Audie Murphy and Burl Ives. Jeff Hassard (Dean Jagger) and his son Ring (Audie Murphy) lead an isolated existence in the mountains breaking horses, because Jeff is wanted for a murder he did not commit. Their lives are interrupted when they stumble upon a young woman, Riley (Wanda Hendrix). When Jeff is injured, Ring has to go into town to get help. Wanda Hendrix was billed over Audie Murphy in the credits. They were married when the film was made, however"
"Serenade (1956 film) Serenade is a 1956 film directed by Anthony Mann and starring tenor Mario Lanza, Joan Fontaine, Sara Montiel (billed as Sarita Montiel), and Vincent Price. Based on the 1937 novel ""Serenade"" by James M. Cain, the film was a Warner Bros. release, Lanza's fifth film, and his first on-screen appearance in four years. ""Serenade"" tells the story of poor vineyard worker Damon Vincenti (Mario Lanza), who becomes an operatic tenor, and is involved with two women — one a high society hostess, Kendall Hale (Joan Fontaine), the other a Mexican bullfighter's daughter, Juana Montes (Sara Montiel). The"
"Doris Day Doris Day (born Doris Mary Kappelhoff; April 3, 1922) is an American actress, singer, and animal welfare activist. After she began her career as a big band singer in 1939, her popularity increased with her first hit recording ""Sentimental Journey"" (1945). After leaving Les Brown & His Band of Renown to embark on a solo career, she recorded more than 650 songs from 1947 to 1967, which made her one of the most popular and acclaimed singers of the 20th century. Day's film career began during the latter part of the Classical Hollywood Film era with the 1948"
"motion picture. First, [[Hello Smile !]] directed by [[Claude Sautet]], with [[Henri Salvador]], [[Louis de Funès]], [[Darry Cowl]] and [[Jean Carmet]]. And then, an Italian comedy [[Beautiful but Dangerous]] in which she just appeared. In 1956 she starred as Cri-Cri in [[Le Chanteur de Mexico]], directed by [[Richard Pottier]], with [[Luis Mariano]], [[Bourvil]] and [[Fernando Rey]]. The film was again a big success, with almost 5,000,000 entries, and it was #5 at the 1956's box office and #247 of all time in France. <br> At the same time she had a musical hit with the French version of [[The Ballad"
"Evans won the Academy Award for Best Original Song three times, in 1948 for the song ""Buttons and Bows"", written for the movie ""The Paleface""; in 1950 for the song ""Mona Lisa"", written for the movie ""Captain Carey, U.S.A.""; and in 1956 for the song ""Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera),"" featured in the movie ""The Man Who Knew Too Much"". They also wrote ""Tammy"" for the movie ""Tammy and the Bachelor"" in 1957. Livingston and Evans wrote popular TV themes for shows including ""Bonanza"" and ""Mister Ed"". They also wrote the Christmas song ""Silver Bells"" in 1951,"
"e dopo varie alternative i due possono coronare il loro sogno d'amore nel giorno in cui la figlioletta di Maria riceve la Cresima. Serenata a Maria Serenata a Maria (literally ""Serenade for Maria"") is a 1957 Italian musical melodrama film co-written and directed by Luigi Capuano and starring Maria Fiore and Sergio Bruni. Quando Stefano Apicella, dopo aver compiuto, con l'aiuto di uno zio, gli studi presso un conservatorio di musica, ritorna al paese, trova che i creditori stanno sequestrando le barche dello zio. Per fortuna un amico di Stefano, il pittore Pasqualino, con un geniale imbroglio, salva la situazione."
"""Fanny""), Teresa Brewer (""Music! Music! Music!,"" ""Till I Waltz Again With You,"" ""Ricochet(Rick-O-Shay)""), Doris Day (""Secret Love,"" ""Whatever Will Be Will Be (Que Sera Sera),"" ""Teacher's Pet""), Guy Mitchell (""My Heart Cries for You,"" ""The Roving Kind,"" ""Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,"" ""Singing the Blues""), Bing Crosby (""Play a Simple Melody with son Gary Crosby, ""True Love with Grace Kelly), Dinah Shore (""Lavender Blue""), Kitty Kallen (""Little Things Mean a Lot""), Joni James (""Have You Heard,"" ""Wishing Ring,"" ""Your Cheatin' Heart""), Peggy Lee (""Lover,"" ""Fever""), Julie London (""Cry Me a River""), Toni Arden (""Padre""), June Valli (""Why Don't You Believe Me""), Arthur Godfrey"
"in 1960, and later included in the film ""2046"". English lyrics were written by Dolly Morse, but they bear no resemblance to the original Spanish. The English version of the song was recorded by Bing Crosby on February 11, 1945 with Xavier Cugat conducting the Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra. Later in the same decade (1949) it was recorded for Muzak by Alfredo Antonini and his orchestra in collaboration with Victoria Cordova and John Serry Sr.. Grace Moore performed the song in the 1937 film ""When You're in Love"".<br> In 1942, Gloria Jean sang the English version in the musical ""Get Hep to"
"""a unique Italian gothic"" with authentic sets, particularly artful acting by Flemyng and Barbara Steele at her best. The Horrible Dr. Hichcock The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (Italian title: L'Orribile Segreto del Dr. Hichcock) is a 1962 Italian horror film, directed by Riccardo Freda and written by Ernesto Gastaldi. The film stars Barbara Steele and Robert Flemyng. The story is set in 1885 and concerns Dr. Bernard Hichcock (Robert Flemyng), a necrophiliac whose ""horrible secret"" of the title involves drugging his wife, Margaretha (Maria Teresa Vianello), for sexual funeral games. One day he accidentally administers an overdose of a new drug"
"the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1955), and the opera ""Yerma"" (1955–56) based on the play by Federico García Lorca. His prolific output of this period prompted criticisms of note-spinning and banality: critical reactions to his Piano Concerto No. 5 included the comments ""bankrupt"" and ""piano tuners' orgy"", ""raked the very depths of banality"", ""nothing ... but soupy textures or a bedraggled romantic idea"", and ""truly the kind of music that should never get written, still less performed"". His music for the film ""Green Mansions"" starring Audrey Hepburn and Anthony Perkins, commissioned by MGM in 1958, earned Villa-Lobos , and he"
"including telephones provided by Bell. Wilbur then helps Jeff come up with a new song called ""A Castle in the Sky"", allowing the couple to finally leave on their much anticipated honeymoon. Once Upon a Honeymoon (1956 film) Once Upon a Honeymoon is a 1956 American short musical fantasy film sponsored by Bell Telephone. It was directed by Gower Champion, and stars Virginia Gibson, Ward Ellis, Alan Mowbray, Chick Chandler, Veronica Pataky and Russell Hicks. After ""Once Upon a Honeymoon"" was featured and mocked on a 1996 episode of ""Mystery Science Theater 3000"", the short has gained a cult following."
"New York, to catcalls from the audience. Dennis Day appeases them by saying the victors should be generous to those who have lost. When Lotta became too emotional to sing, Dennis took over. The audience starts to join in until everyone is singing. Tom has been reported near death from an injury, but at that very minute, he enters the theater to Lotta's delight. Golden Girl (1951 film) Golden Girl is a 1951 Technicolor 20th Century Fox musical film starring Mitzi Gaynor as Lotta Crabtree. The original song, ""Never,"" written by Lionel Newman and Eliot Daniel, and sung by Dennis"